Friday, March 05, 2004

More on Apple's still-unpatched QuickTime vulnerability

I'm sure they'll get to it eventually.

Computer Weekly: "A critical hole in Apple Computer's QuickTime media player has been identified and is awaiting a patch. The vulnerability rated at 'high severity' by eEye Digital Security, enables malicious code to be run on someone's machine 'with little user interaction'. The hole exists across all versions of QuickTime and is present in the software's default settings, increasing the risk of the hole being used by hackers. Apple was informed on 18 February and is working on a patch."

The Underground Mac: "Security firm eEye Digital Security has discovered critical vulnerabilities in Apple's QuickTime software and in various IBM personal computers which could lead to remote compromise of systems. Particulars of the vulnerabilities have not been released in keeping with eEye's policy of informing a vendor about a bug and then waiting until a patch is ready before releasing details. According to eEye, Apple and IBM have been notified of the flaw for 11 and 13 days respectively."

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